I started with a poncho-like pattern. It was in the historical outfit section of one of the pattern books at the fabric store :3

all I had to do to alter it was cut some off the front, make an additional piece to go down the middle, add a slit where the back seam is, and trim the sides so it's longer as it goes to the front and back :3

lol, yes he is XDDDDhe forgot to order a wig, and by the time he was making Jim, it was a week before the con (and it was a bit too late to make a wig order)luckily, Amanda was already bringing Train anyway, and the hairstyles are similar. :3